- Book review of Fredrik Albritton Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind, Scarcity: A History from the Origins of Capitalism to the Climate Crisis Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2024. Book review of Fredrik Albritton Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind, Scarcity: A History from the Origins of Capitalism to the Climate Crisis. Œconomia, 14(2), pp. 457-462. ISSN 2113-5207
- Municipal Housekeeping and the Origins of the Economics of the Urban Environment (1900s–1920s) Missemer, Antoine and Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2024. Municipal Housekeeping and the Origins of the Economics of the Urban Environment (1900s–1920s). Review of Political Economy, 36(1), pp. 97-115. ISSN 0953-8259
- Beyond Random Causes: Harmonic Analysis of Business Cycles at the Moscow Conjuncture Institute Vianna Franco, Marco P.; Ribeiro, Leonardo Costa and Albuquerque, Eduardo da Motta e. 2022. Beyond Random Causes: Harmonic Analysis of Business Cycles at the Moscow Conjuncture Institute. Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 44(3), pp. 456-476. ISSN 1053-8372
- Diversity regained: Precautionary approaches to COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment Vianna Franco, Marco P.; Molnár, Orsolya; Dorninger, Christian; Laciny, Alice; Treven, Marco; Weger, Jacob; Albuquerque, Eduardo da Motta e; Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto; Villanueva Hernandez, Luis-Alejandro; Jakab, Manuel; Marizzi, Christine; Menéndez, Lumila Paula; Poliseli, Luana; Rodríguez, Hernán Bobadilla and Caniglia, Guido. 2022. Diversity regained: Precautionary approaches to COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment. Science of the Total Environment, 825, 154029. ISSN 0048-9697
- Escrevendo a história do pensamento econômico-ecológico: Desafios e perspectivas Vianna Franco, Marco P. and Missemer, Antoine. 2022. Escrevendo a história do pensamento econômico-ecológico: Desafios e perspectivas. Revista Iberoamericana de Economía Ecológica, 35(1), pp. 1-18. ISSN 1390-2776
- Impactos econômicos da proposta brasileira na COP21: uma abordagem de equilíbrio geral computável Vianna Franco, Marco P.; Carvalho, Micaele Martins de; Lombardi Filho, Stélio Coêlho; Magalhães, Aline Souza and Domingues, Edson Paulo. 2022. Impactos econômicos da proposta brasileira na COP21: uma abordagem de equilíbrio geral computável. Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico (PPE), 52(1), pp. 171-204. ISSN 0100-0551
- Ecological neo-Narodnism and the peasant economy: history and contemporary relevance Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2021. Ecological neo-Narodnism and the peasant economy: history and contemporary relevance. Journal of Political Ecology, 28(1), pp. 416-433. ISSN 1073-0451
- Ecological Utopianism in Narodnik Thought: Nikolay Chernyshevsky and the Redemption of Land Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2021. Ecological Utopianism in Narodnik Thought: Nikolay Chernyshevsky and the Redemption of Land. Capitalism Nature Socialism, 32(4), pp. 24-42. ISSN 1045-5752
- Book review of "Geopolitics, culture, and the scientific imaginary in Latin America", edited by María del Pilar Blanco and Joanna Page, University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 2020 Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2021. Book review of "Geopolitics, culture, and the scientific imaginary in Latin America", edited by María del Pilar Blanco and Joanna Page, University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 2020. Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society, 4(1), 1919417. ISSN 2572-9861
- Carbon Emissions from Fuel Combustion in the Economy of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil (2005-2016) Vianna Franco, Marco P.; Souza, Carla Cristina Aguilar de; Carvalho, Terciane Sabadini; Filho, Raimundo de Sousa Leal and Morais, Reinaldo Carvalho de. 2020. Carbon Emissions from Fuel Combustion in the Economy of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil (2005-2016). Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos, 14(3), pp. 469-491. ISSN 2447-7990
- The Factual Nature of Resource Flow Accounting in the Calculation in Kind of the “Other Austrian Economics” Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2020. The Factual Nature of Resource Flow Accounting in the Calculation in Kind of the “Other Austrian Economics”. Œconomia, 10(3), pp. 453-472. ISSN 2113-5207
- Usos consuntivos da água em Minas Gerais: Uma aplicação de matrizes híbridas de insumo-produto (2005-2016) Vianna Franco, Marco P.; Souza, Carla C. A. de and Almeida, Thiago R. C. de. 2020. Usos consuntivos da água em Minas Gerais: Uma aplicação de matrizes híbridas de insumo-produto (2005-2016). Revista Iberoamericana de Economía Ecológica, 33(1), pp. 133-1600. ISSN 1390-2776
- Conservation, economic planning and natural capital in early Soviet ecology Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2020. Conservation, economic planning and natural capital in early Soviet ecology. Ecosystem Services, 41, 101064. ISSN 2212-0416
- Time discounting in Harold Hotelling's approach to natural resource economics: The unsolved ethical question Vianna Franco, Marco P.; Gaspard, Marion and Mueller, Thomas. 2019. Time discounting in Harold Hotelling's approach to natural resource economics: The unsolved ethical question. Ecological Economics, 163, pp. 52-60. ISSN 0921-8009
- A question of power: sustainable consumption and ecological sufficiency as alternative discourses for sustainability Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2019. A question of power: sustainable consumption and ecological sufficiency as alternative discourses for sustainability. Sociedade & Natureza, 31, ISSN 0103-1570
- Book review of Nathaniel Wolloch, "Nature in the History of Economic Thought: How Natural Resources Became an Economic Concept," Oxford, Routledge, 2017 Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2019. Book review of Nathaniel Wolloch, "Nature in the History of Economic Thought: How Natural Resources Became an Economic Concept," Oxford, Routledge, 2017. Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 41(1), pp. 154-157. ISSN 1053-8372
- Carências Habitacionais no Brasil e na América Latina: o papel do ônus excessivo com aluguel urbano Viana, Raquel De Mattos; Souza, Carla Cristina Aguilar de; Vianna Franco, Marco P.; Souza, Luiza De Marilac and De Miranda-Ribeiro, Adriana. 2019. Carências Habitacionais no Brasil e na América Latina: o papel do ônus excessivo com aluguel urbano. Caderno de Geografia, 29(56), pp. 275-293. ISSN 0103-8427
- An Appraisal of Environmental Microhistory: Epistemological and Historiographical Insights Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2018. An Appraisal of Environmental Microhistory: Epistemological and Historiographical Insights. Fronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science, 7(3), pp. 262-274. ISSN 2238-8869
- Searching for a Scientific Paradigm in Ecological Economics: The History of Ecological Economic Thought, 1880s–1930s Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2018. Searching for a Scientific Paradigm in Ecological Economics: The History of Ecological Economic Thought, 1880s–1930s. Ecological Economics, 153, pp. 195-203. ISSN 0921-8009
Dr Marco Vianna Franco
Marco is a historian and philosopher of economics interested in environmental sustainability.
Staff details
Position
Lecturer in Economics
Department
Institute of Management Studies
m.viannafranco (@gold.ac.uk)
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Before joining the Institute of Management Studies, I have been a EUTOPIA-SIF COFUND Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at Cergy Paris University (Paris, France), fellow at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (Vienna, Austria), and researcher in applied sciences and public policies at the João Pinheiro Foundation (Belo Horizonte, Brazil). I hold a PhD in Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), as well as a Bachelor's and Master's in Engineering.
I am an interdisciplinary scholar interested in the study of human-nature relations from the perspectives of political economy and history and philosophy of science. My research focuses on the history and philosophy of ecological economics in different periods, countries, and scholarly traditions as a means to redeem ideas, theories, models, and practices which might inform how to conceptualise socially and ecologically sustainable economies and associated institutions today.
Teaching and supervision
- Introductory Economics
- Intermediate Microeconomics
Featured publications
2023:
A History of Ecological Economic Thought
Routledge
2018:
Searching for a scientific paradigm in ecological economics: The history of ecological economic thought, 1880s-1930s.
Ecological Economics
Publications and research outputs
Article
- Universal basic income in Viennese Late Enlightenment: rediscovering Josef Popper-Lynkeus and his in-kind social program Linsbichler, Alexander and Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2025. Universal basic income in Viennese Late Enlightenment: rediscovering Josef Popper-Lynkeus and his in-kind social program. European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, ISSN 0967-2567
- Science and ethics in ecological economics: from radical roots to alternative economies. A Book Review of “Foundations of Social Ecological Economics: The fight for revolutionary change in economic thought” by Clive L. Spash (2024) Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2025. Science and ethics in ecological economics: from radical roots to alternative economies. A Book Review of “Foundations of Social Ecological Economics: The fight for revolutionary change in economic thought” by Clive L. Spash (2024). Ecological Economics, 227, 108390. ISSN 0921-8009
- Environmental Economics, 1950-1970s: To Arcadia (and Back) Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2024. Environmental Economics, 1950-1970s: To Arcadia (and Back). Œconomia, 14(3), pp. 653-666. ISSN 2113-5207
Book
- A History of Ecological Economic Thought Vianna Franco, Marco P. and Missemer, Antoine. 2022. A History of Ecological Economic Thought. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9780367363925
Book Section
- Ecology and environment in home economics Philippy, David and Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2024. Ecology and environment in home economics. In: Vitor Eduardo Schincariol, ed. Environment and Ecology in the History of Economic Thought: Reassessing the Legacy of the Classics. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 69-88. ISBN 9781032451091
- Discounting Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2023. Discounting. In: Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon, eds. Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 126-127. ISBN 9781788974905
- Social provisioning Vianna Franco, Marco P.. 2023. Social provisioning. In: Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon, eds. Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 495-496. ISBN 9781788974905